by Julie Turner | May 9, 2021 | What's Happening
In our series on ‘Questions’, looking now at the questions God asks us, we looked tonight at Luke 18:1-8, a parable Jesus told His disciples to urge them to continue in prayer, but which ends with the challenging question, ‘when the Son of Man comes, will he find...
by Julie Turner | May 9, 2021 | What's Happening
Dave spoke this morning from Zechariah 4:6-10. Often, we are influenced by the idea that everything must be big, but many great inventions started with a small idea; Zechariah reminds us not to despise the day of small beginnings. (Zech 4:10)The Jews had been exiled...
by Julie Turner | May 6, 2021 | What's Happening
Romans 8:28 is one of the most quoted and reassuring verses in the whole Bible: ‘we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.’ (Rom 8:28) We are reminded by Paul that even when things don’t...
by Julie Turner | May 6, 2021 | What's Happening
Public opinion can change very quickly: people who were once revered can soon become vilified and the opposite can also happen. It’s not often, however, that both processes can happen to the same person, yet this happened to Paul. On his missionary journey to Lystra,...
by Julie Turner | May 6, 2021 | What's Happening
In 2016 I visited Malta to celebrate my 50th birthday. It was the first time I had ever been to that island, and I was surprised to find evidence of Acts 28 all over the island still. Its geography reflects Paul’s arrival (the bay on which he was shipwrecked is known...